USB cards should be cheap if you can find one.
Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer [email protected] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer https://www.youtube.com/user/fluxstringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 9:41 AM, W.Adrian D'Alessio <[email protected]> wrote: > Can the G4 address that much space? Then put the drive in a USB case and > use the best USB card you can find. Side step the ATA bottle neck. > > > Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer > [email protected] > http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ > http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer > https://www.youtube.com/user/fluxstringer > http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications > http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ > http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ > > > > > On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 9:27 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> It's hooked up to a 133ATA card. I have 120GB boot drive and 300GB data >> >> drive. >> >> The earliest so-called ATA 133 cards were really ATA 100 cards with a hack >> which improved their performance to ATA 133 levels. >> >> In theory, an ATA 100 card for a Mac is still limited to 131,072 MB. >> >> Also in theory, an ATA 133 card for a Mac has the 131,072 MB restriction >> lifted. >> >> In theory. >> >> But that was nearly 20 years ago. >> >> These days, so-called "legacy" hardware for support of hard drives, more >> specifically SATA hard drives, has 2 TB as its "breaking point". >> >> Go back to a configuration which works, and don't "tickle the tail of the >> dragon". >> >> Remember, an ATA PCI card for a PPC Mac "models" the connected hard >> drive(s) as SCSI drives. >> >> Up to four drives per card ... Bus 0 Master and Slave, Bus 1 Master and >> Slave. >> >> A Mac can accept up to four such ATA cards, but install the fifth such >> card and the machine will not pass POST ... it will hang (I know this as I >> tested it on a 9500/9600). >> >> There are still some fundamental limitations in a PPC Mac, and hard drive >> support is one of these. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group >> for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on >> Power Macs. >> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our >> netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "G-Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
